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RAFTS #3 -- (add your role)



Role
Audience
Format
Topic
Strong Verb
a landmark of New York City
the United States of America
diary entry

save the victims of the 9/11 tragedy
plead; implore
City of Boston, MA
marathon runners
diary entry
Why would someone hurt all those people during the 2013 marathon bombing
shrieked
Sears Tower; Chicago, IL
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
diary entry
I can't believe what just happened because of one ignorant cow -- Great Fire of Chicago
Scold

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